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A visit to the ophthalmologist mandatory for a seven-year-old?

MedExpress Team

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Published Sept. 20, 2024 10:26

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The beginning of the school year is a good time to check your child's vision. How to recognize that a child sees worse and what is the prevention of myopia, says Joanna Przeździecka-Dołyk, MD, Department and Clinic of Ophthalmology, Wroclaw University of Medical Sciences, in an interview with Medexpress.

What are the symptoms of myopia? What should a parent, teacher pay attention to? Will the child say: mom, dad I see a little worse?

It can be different. A child does not have to tell us at all that he sees worse or that he has related problems at school. This is because myopia can develop very slowly at the very beginning. When the child sits in the last bench and moves to the first bench, he will still see reasonably well, but it doesn't stop there. At some point, the defect will grow and even the first bench won't help. We should not wait until that point. The onset of vision problems at school, or even when the child goes to the first grade, is the time for a parent to go with the child to a specialist to check how he sees.

Ophthalmologist or optometrist? Who do we check our child's eyesight with?

The first examination must be after the drops. An optometrist will not be...

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